Modelling the distribution and intraguild associations of an understudied mesocarnivore across the contiguous United States

ML Allen, AM Green, RJ Moll - Diversity and Distributions, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding the range‐wide distribution and abundance of species is critical for their
conservation and management. Grey foxes (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are an …

Landscape-scale population trends in the occurrence and abundance of wildlife populations using long term camera-trapping data

JP Twining, D Kramer, KA Perkins, AK Fuller - Biological Conservation, 2024 - Elsevier
Accurate estimation and monitoring of wildlife population trends is foundational to evidence-
based conservation. Here, we use hierarchical modelling to estimate population trends for …

Asymmetrical intraguild interactions with coyotes, red foxes, and domestic dogs may contribute to competitive exclusion of declining gray foxes

DJ Morin, DB Lesmeister, CK Nielsen… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Species coexistence is governed by availability of resources and intraguild interactions
including strategies to reduce ecological overlap. Gray foxes are dietary generalist …

A framework to interpret co‐occurrence patterns from camera trap data: The case of the gray fox, the bobcat, and the eastern cottontail rabbit in a tropical dry habitat

GP Andrade‐Ponce, S Mandujano, W Dáttilo… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
In mammals, ecological interactions are difficult to observe directly, so they are usually
inferred from co‐occurrence data. Direct interpretation of co‐occurrence patterns can be …

Forest structure has stronger effects than cattle occurrence on the occupancy of a carnivore guild

ME Martin, S Singh, DS Green, SM Matthews - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic activities can profoundly affect ecological communities. This is true of the
most ubiquitous type of anthropogenic land-use, livestock grazing. While livestock grazing is …

Long-term data reveal equivocal evidence for intraguild suppression among sympatric canids

JM Bauder, ML Allen, AA Ahlers, TJ Benson… - Biodiversity and …, 2022 - Springer
Interspecific interactions among predators can shape ecological communities across trophic
levels, including among predator guilds. The strength and directions of these interactions …

Different, but the same: Inferring the hunting behaviour of the hypercarnivorous bush dog (Speothos venaticus) through finite element analysis

JV Ruiz, GS Ferreira, S Lautenschlager… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Cerdocyonina is a clade composed by the South‐American canids in which the bush dog
(Speothos venaticus) is one of the most elusive species. Known for its unique morphology …

Chromosome-level assembly of the gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) confirms the basal loss of PRDM9 in Canidae

EE Armstrong, KL Bissell, HS Fatima… - G3: Genes …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Reference genome assemblies have been created from multiple lineages within the
Canidae family; however, despite its phylogenetic relevance as a basal genus within the …

Frequent prescribed burns reduce mammalian species richness and occurrence in longleaf pine sandhills

WW Boone, BA Bankovich, BE Reichert… - Forest Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Prescribed fire is a critical forest management tool, the frequency and size of which can alter
the composition of wildlife communities. In the longleaf pine ecosystem of the southeastern …

Anthropogenic and environmental influences on mammalian alpha and beta diversity in a hardwood forest landscape

JJ Remmers, CK Nielsen, DB Lesmeister - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Species richness within a site (ie, alpha diversity) and between sites (ie, beta diversity) are
important measurements of biodiversity utilized in wildlife research and management …